The biographies appeared separately in Paris in weekly numbers under the pseudonym, "Un homme de rien." Afterwards published under title: Galerie des contemporains illustres
Thiers -- Chateaubriand -- Laffitte -- Guizot -- Lamartine -- Soult -- Berryer -- De La Mennair -- Victor Hugo -- Dupin -- Béranger -- Odilon Barrot -- Arago -- George Sand (Madame Dudavant) -- The Duke de Bronglie